USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the last days of the war, the U.S. proposed dividing the Korean peninsula into two occupation zones (a U.S. and Soviet one) with the 38th parallel as the dividing line. The Soviets accepted their proposal and agreed to divide Korea.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States both occupied half of Korea and accepted the surrender of the Japanese in that region, effectively splitting the country into two along the 38th parallel.

Detailed explanation-3: -The United Nations played a key role in the birth of the Republic of Korea through missions such as monitoring the first general election and other reconstruction programs. When the Korean War broke out in June 1950, the UN intervened by sending armed forces mandated by the Security Council Resolution 82.

Detailed explanation-4: -Since U.S. policy toward Korea during World War II had aimed to prevent any single power’s domination of Korea, it may be reasonably concluded that the principal reason for the division was to stop the Soviet advance south of the 38th parallel.

Detailed explanation-5: -Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan from 1910 to 1945.